I was fortunate, recently, to be able to interview Judith Barrow on Zoom and thanks to Showboat TV‘s assistance, we recorded it. In case you missed it, here is the transcript. ThorneI am chatting with my friend and fellow author Judith Barrow, who has published five books so far: the Howarth family trilogy with theContinue reading “JUDITH BARROW: The Heart Stone”
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A Love/Hate Story #Bookreview: The Heart Stone by @JudithBarrow77 #HistoricalFiction #FamilySaga
Originally posted on Barb Taub:
“Surplus Women” Women of Britain say GO [image credit: E J Kealey (artist) Parliamentary Recruiting Committee – Te Papa Tongarewa (The Museum of New Zealand)] ? “There used to be tea rooms on almost every street in England.” An older friend was reminiscing about her youth and her parents’ generation. “Women needed…
Judith Barrow – The Heart Stone
‘The Heart Stone’ by Judith Barrow is a historical fiction novel set during World War One and is set in the Mill Towns on the Pennines. I, myself, am from Oldham, which was predominantly once a mill town too, so I did feel a little nostalgic as soon as I read the synopsis and saw…
Smorgasbord Book Reviews – #WWI – #Family Saga – The Heart Stone by Judith Barrow
Originally posted on Smorgasbord Blog Magazine:
Delighted to review the eagerly awaited new release by Judith Barrow…another wonderful family saga The Heart Stone. About the Book 1914. Everything changes for Jessie on a day trip to Blackpool. She realises her feelings for Arthur are far more than friendship. And just as they are travelling home,…
BOOKCASE – Falling Creatures by Katherine Stansfield
Originally posted on Crime Cymru:
In this series, we invite our Crime Cymru authors to showcase an excerpt from one of their books. This week, Katherine Stansfield offers a fascinating insight into beginnings and ends and their roles and the powerful relationship that exists between them. The first page: an end in the beginning The…
Introducing Judith Barrow and THE HEART STONE, out today
Originally posted on Jenny O'Brien HQ:
Hi everyone, Today I have Judith Barrow on my blog taking about all things Wales. It’s also the book launch day for her latest book, THE HEART STONE, which I can’t wait to read. Over to you, Judith. My Wales. My writing. My latest book. Walking the Pembrokeshire…
Welsh Murder Book. Alis Hawkins
Originally posted on Jenny O'Brien HQ:
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY Hi everyone, today I have the very great pleasure of inviting Alis Hawkins onto my Welsh Murder Book. Over to you, Alis. My Wales I write historical fiction in two different periods – medieval fiction set largely in and around a fictitious medieval university city…
Judith Barrow
Originally posted on GB Williams Crime Blog:
Judith is another Crime Cymru member who moved from the Pennines to Pembrokeshire. When did you start writing, and why? I don’t remember a time I didn’t write. I was rather a loner as a child; When I was six we’d moved to a small estate in a…
Megan Matthews’s Secret #shortstory #MondayBlogs #CrimeCymru
Originally posted on Judith Barrow:
Megan Matthews stops on the step at the front door of the bungalow before pushing the key into the lock. ‘I’m home,’ she calls, knowing full well no one will answer.? Not anymore. Never again. The place is silent; there is no irritable retort from behind the door to the…
BOOKCASE – Fatal by Sally Spedding
Originally posted on Crime Cymru:
In this series, we invite our Crime Cymru authors to showcase an excerpt from one of their books. This week, Sally Spedding gives us a taste of the thrilling opening to the fourth book in her Delphine Rougier series, set in France’s Ariège department. ‘La min i sém. Lo zyé…
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